Andrea Castillo covers immigration for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining the Times, she covered immigrant, ethnic and LGBT issues for the Fresno Bee. She got her start at the Oregonian in Portland. A native of Seattle, she’s been making her way down the West Coast since her graduation from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University. Castillo has also investigated substandard housing, covered the aftermath of an earthquake, and written about stateless children born to Venezuelan refugees in Colombia. Castillo was raised by a single mother who came to the United States from Venezuela, and Castillo grew up speaking both English and Spanish at home. Today, her fluency in both languages helps her cover stories on the immigration, balancing breaking news with long-term reporting projects.

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